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Workshop: How the NHS implemented non-medical prescribing

What can we learn from…how nurses and allied health professionals came to prescribe medication?

We explored how the NHS implemented non-medical prescribing ahead of many other countries in Europe, and what we can learn from its approach for delivering lasting change today.

Speakers:

  • Christine Hancock, Director, C3 Collaborating for Health & former General Secretary, Royal College of Nursing
  • Claire Anderson, Professor of Social Pharmacy, University of Nottingham & Chair, English Pharmacy Board, Royal Pharmaceutical Society
  • Aseel Abuzour, Research Associate, University of Manchester & Pharmacist
  • Duncan Petty, Research Practitioner, University of Bradford & Member, English Pharmacy Board, Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Read the case study

View the slides from Aseel’s talk

View the slides from Duncan’s talk

How nurses and allied health professionals came to prescribe medication

Explore how the NHS implemented non-medical prescribing ahead of many other countries in Europe, and what we can learn from its approach for delivering lasting change today.

Why learn from non-medical prescribing?

Tara Lamont of Health Services Research UK gives an introduction to non-medical prescribing and the evidence behind it as a successful, lasting change in the NHS.


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